Fox News Roger Ailes: I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot - On the cusp of Fox News’s 15th birthday, the operation’s boss, Roger Ailes, has given the Associated Press an excellent quote:
“I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings.”
That quip will get a lot of attention in the coming decades, in all the predictable ways: proof of Fox News’s shallowness and depravity; proof of the operation’s disregard for women; proof that Ailes will do anything to beat his competitors in the ratings.From Nony